Description: A brownish species with a highly mottled thorax, head, and wings. The crown is slightly produced (fairly rounded, slightly pointy), angled to the face. The pronotum has a somewhat dark anterior half, contrasting with the fairly pale posterior half. The female pregenital sternite has a small separation/notch in the middle, and the sternite then curves in a concave manner towards rounded outer corners of the sternite; there is a well defined black band following each concave edge from the notch to the rounded corners. More simply, the pregenital sternite looks like a curly bracket or } with a black border. Adults are typically larger than other members of this genus; males are 6.1-7.4 mm long, while females are 6.1-8.9 mm long. (Hamilton 1975)

Comment: This species externally resembles several other Paraphlepsius, especially within the subgenus Gamarex. The size and genital characteristics, such as female pregential sternite, are key characteristics to differentiating this species from others.